Word: zealousness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...idea was that before being certified for combat coverage, a journalist would have to demonstrate that he or she would not slow down troops. The test, never before attempted in any U.S. conflict, prompted much eyeball rolling and jollity in newsrooms across the nation. But in Saudi Arabia, where zealous military officers put the proposal into practice, most correspondents passed and nearly all said the rule had practical value in a battle zone with blazing sun and few trees or buildings for cover. Los Angeles Times correspondent David Lamb, 50, who also reported from Vietnam between 1968 and 1970, described...
...bought a Bloomies care-package. No, my criticism has more to do with the numbing of our senses to the seriousness of what is going on "over there." The G.I. care-packages are not Bloomies' display of "New Kids on the Block" paraphernalia, to be sold to over-zealous preteens wanting to emulate their idols. Operation Desert Shield is the real thing, and it isn't for sale...
...Loosen bank regulation a little. Examiners, too lax before, should not become too zealous now. And capital requirements do need raising, but not "consequences be damned...
Perhaps the strongest criticism of ETS is that its zealous promotion of standardized testing emphasizes minutiae at the expense of mind stretching. "In some inner-city schools, kids don't read whole books," says Arthur Weiss, president of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. "They spend all their time learning how to read three paragraphs and answer multiple-choice questions." Anrig concurs. "You don't need to test a child every three months to see whether he can read," he says. "It's like pulling up a carrot to see if it's growing...
There, for all to see, was the 1990 Harvard poster--with a picture of Captain Tom Callahan--impaled on the top of the fence encircling Kirkland and Eliot. Presumably, the act was perpetrated by an over-zealous Big Red fan in an attempt at voodoo, but maybe a frustrated Harvard fan was also responsible...